Mainstream WeeklyNational Platform for Small Scale Fish Workers (NPSSFW)
Memo No. NPSSFW/Convener – 26/22
August 25, 2012
Sub: Stop construction of Vizhinjam Port, Negotiate with Peoples’ Movement
Sir, Sri Pinarayi Vijayan, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Kerala.
National Platform for Small Scale Fish Workers (NPSSFW), the largest organisation of small scale fish workers in the country is gravely concerned by the stubbornness of the Government in allowing the constructions for Vizhinjam (…)
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